All William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
William Tecumseh Sherman
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There will soon come an armed contest between capital and labor. They will oppose each other, not with words and arguments, but with shot and shell, gun-powder and cannon. The better classes are tired of the insane howling of the lower strata and they mean to stop them.
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I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant. I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.
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You may as well say, 'That's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.
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Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.
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This war differs from other wars, in this particular. We are not fighting armies but a hostile people, and must make old and young, rich and poor, feel the hard hand of war.
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I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices to-day than any of you to secure peace.
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